Poems on Several Occasions: Rural sports. The fan. The shepherd's week. Trivia. The what d'ye call it; a tragi-comi-pastoral farceH. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson, 1753 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 16
... Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fisherman adorn thy verfe ; Should you the wide encircling net display , And in its spacious arch inclofe the fea , Then haul the plunging load upon the land , And with the ...
... Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fisherman adorn thy verfe ; Should you the wide encircling net display , And in its spacious arch inclofe the fea , Then haul the plunging load upon the land , And with the ...
עמוד 38
... Should you the wardrobe's magazine rehearse , And gloffy manteaus ruftle in thy verse ; 240 Should you the rich brocaded suit unfold , Where rifing flow'rs grow stiff with frosted gold , The dazled Mufe would from her subject stray ...
... Should you the wardrobe's magazine rehearse , And gloffy manteaus ruftle in thy verse ; 240 Should you the rich brocaded suit unfold , Where rifing flow'rs grow stiff with frosted gold , The dazled Mufe would from her subject stray ...
עמוד 42
... should artful eyes , From this flight ambush , conquer by surprize ? No guilty thought the spotlefs virgin knows , 55 And o'er her cheek no conscious crimson glows ; бо Since blushes then from fhame alone arise , Why should we veil them ...
... should artful eyes , From this flight ambush , conquer by surprize ? No guilty thought the spotlefs virgin knows , 55 And o'er her cheek no conscious crimson glows ; бо Since blushes then from fhame alone arise , Why should we veil them ...
עמוד 94
... Should wed me foon to keep me from Difgrace ; But I nor footman priz'd , nor golden fee , 85 My plaint , ye laffes , with this burden aid , ' Tis hard fo true a damfel dies a maid . Now plain I ken whence Love his rife begun , Sure he ...
... Should wed me foon to keep me from Difgrace ; But I nor footman priz'd , nor golden fee , 85 My plaint , ye laffes , with this burden aid , ' Tis hard fo true a damfel dies a maid . Now plain I ken whence Love his rife begun , Sure he ...
עמוד 96
... should not die fo mean ! There plac'd aloft , I'll rave and rail by fits ; Though all the parish say I've loft my wits ; And thence , if courage holds , myself I'll throw , And quench my paffion in the lake below . Ye laffes , ceafe ...
... should not die fo mean ! There plac'd aloft , I'll rave and rail by fits ; Though all the parish say I've loft my wits ; And thence , if courage holds , myself I'll throw , And quench my paffion in the lake below . Ye laffes , ceafe ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Poems on Several Occasions: Rural Sports. the Fan. the Shepherd's Week ... <span dir=ltr>John Gay</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
againſt arms beneath Blouzelind bofom breaft Buxoma caft canft thou cheek Civic crown Cloacina cloſe coach COUNTRYMAN croud crown'd CUDDY damfel defcend diftant DORCAS dy'd Eclogues erft ev'ry eyes fafe fair fame feen fhade fhall fhining fhoes fhould fide fighs figns FILBERT filver fing firſt flain flame fleep flies flow fome fong foon ftand ftrains ftreams fuch fung fure fwain fweet fwelling Ghoft glowing hand haut-boy JOHN GAY KITTY laffes laft link-boy LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid mark the ground Mufe muft muſt ne'er night nymph o'er obfervations paffing paffion Paftoral PEASCO pinners plain play prefent raiſe rifing riſe rofe ſeen SERGEANT ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhow ſhow'r Sir HUMPHRY Sir ROGER ſkies ſpread Squire ſtand ſtate Stave ſteps ſtreet ſwain ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe three times mark toil turn me thrice verſe Virg Whofe Whoſe winds
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 12 - When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and...
עמוד 97 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I...
עמוד 166 - Proud coaches pass, regardless of the moan Of infant orphans, and the widow's groan ; While Charity still moves the walker's mind. His liberal purse relieves the lame and blind.
עמוד 11 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ! sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings...
עמוד 176 - Cracks the tough harness : here a pond'rous beam Lies overturn'd athwart ; for slaughter fed Here lowing bullocks raise their horned head. Now oaths grow loud, with coaches coaches jar...
עמוד 64 - In this also my love to my native country Britain much pricketh me forward, to describe aright the manners of our own honest and laborious ploughmen, in no wise sure more unworthy a British poet's...
עמוד 107 - ve seen, Set off with kerchief starch'd and pinners clean. Sometimes, like wax, she rolls the butter round, Or with the wooden lily prints the pound.
עמוד 169 - Let others in the jolting coach confide, Or in the leaky boat the Thames divide ; Or, box'd within the chair, contemn the street, And trust their safety to another's feet : Still let me walk...
עמוד 187 - His num'rous lowing herd; his herds he sold, And his deep leathern pocket bagg'd with gold; Drawn by a fraudful nymph, he gaz'd, he...
עמוד 188 - Yet there are watchmen, who with friendly light Will teach thy reeling steps to tread aright ; For sixpence will support thy helpless arm, And home conduct thee, safe from nightly harm.